There are 8 major commercial airports and 11 general aviation airports within (3 hour) driving distance to the region. (discoverrensselaer.com)
Neither system is used by airport security at commercial airports. (newscientist.com)
In the late 1920s, the city of Syracuse turned an alfalfa field in the hamlet of Amboy into the first commercial airport in Onondaga County. (syracuse.com)